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Follow This Guide for Scrupulous Suture Removal Coding

Published on Mon Aug 19, 2019

And make sure these modifiers don’t make a mess of your claim. It’s a fact: kids get hurt, and when they do, they often need stitches. But in coding, things aren’t always that straightforward, and there are a number of different ways you should — and should not — code the removal of those stitches when it’s time. Here are [...]
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